JERUSALEM, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) — Israel’s Ministry of Health on Thursday (March. Three cases of polio-infected children were reported during an epidemiological investigation after an 8-year-old boy in the north of the country. Tested positive for polio earlier this week.
Reports indicate that the three children are currently who was classified as a person with a history of close contact with the above boys Does not show clinical signs of polio
Nine cases of polio were detected in Israel in March 2022, which led to a mass vaccination campaign for people under 17.
Later, the ministry It announced that the polio outbreak in Israel was over in July 2022, but the polio virus has been found in sewage systems across the country in recent months.
The ministry added that there are currently more than 150,000 children in Israel who have not been vaccinated against polio.